Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral statement of 3 March,Official Report, column 161, when he estimates he will achieve a satsifactory agreement with British Aerospace regarding ASRAAM; how much money will be spent on the contract in each year for the next five years; and in which year he expects to take delivery of the first ASRAAM.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkSubject to the agreement of satisfactory terms, we expect to place the contract by the end of this month. The first ASRAAM is scheduled for delivery in 1998. It is not our practice to publish details of our future expenditure plans on a year-to-year basis.